Display card



I Get. 23, 1928.

E. R. PERSON msimmr cm).

Filed July 21, 1926 T .mmiln'ini Patented Oct. 23, 1928.

UNITED STATES teases PATENT orrica.

EARL R. PERSON, OF LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T0 DU FONTVISCOLOID COMPANY, INC., OF LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OFNEW JERSEY.

DISPLAY CARD.

Application filed July 21, 1926 Serial No." 124,049.

This invention relates to a card for supporting and displaying smallarticles, such as hair wavers, barrettes and other similargoods.

It is the object of my invention to provide a display card which is ofsimple construction and which may be cheaply and easily manufactured andby which the articles on the card are firmly supported and are held fromaccidental displacement.

A further object is to provide a display card to which such articles maybe readily attached and from which they may be as readily removed whendesired.

My invention further relates to arrangements and combinations of partswhich will be hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out inthe appended claims.

A preferred form of the invention is shown in the drawings in which Fig.1 is a front view of the portion of my improved display card;

Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view taken along the line 2-2 in Fig. 1;and

Fig. 3 is a front View showing a slight modification.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, my improved display card comprises a back orbody member 10 formed of a reasonably stiff sheet material such as athin but fairly firm cardboard.

Attaching members 11 are formed in oppositely disposed pairs in the back10 preferably by passing the card through a press or other suitablemachine and making a series of .cuts or slits therein. Each of theattaching members remains attached to the back 10 at one end portion, asindicated at 12, and each member comprises a laterally extending portion13, an upwardly extending portion 1 1, a portion 15 extending laterallybut in the reverse direction. from the portion 13, and a dependingprojection 16.

Preferably the attaching members are formed in pairs as indicated inFig. 1, and preferably the two members forming each pair are reverselydisposed, although this reversed arrangement is not always essential.

The inner member 17 formed in the slitting operation has no particularfunction useful for supporting small articles, such as the hair waver 7shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Such an article commonly comprises front andrear frame portions 20 and 21 and a movable member 22 pivoted to theframe at 23. i

When such an article is to be placed on the card'the hair waver ispushed downward over a pair, of attaching members'll so that the upperportions of the attaching members will be passed upward between the rearframe member 21 and the pivoted member 22. The depending ends 16 of theattaching members are then drawn forward over'the frame member 21 andare snapped into place over said frame member, as indicated in Figs. 1and 2.

An article thus positioned is very firmly retained from displacement,either upward. downward or forward, but may be very readily removed fromthe card by slipping the depending portions 16 upward off of the framemember 21.

While I have described the attachment of a hair waver to my displaycard, it will be understood that the card may be used for any articlehaving a portion of suitable shape and construction so that it may besubstantially encircled by the attaching members 11' in the manner abovedescribed.

Having thus described my invention and the advantages thereof, I do notwish to be limited to the details herein disclosed otherwise than as setforth in the appended claims, but what I claim is 1. A display cardcomprising a back. portion of sheet material having attaching membersformed in cooperating pairs therein, the two members of each pair beingwidely spaced apart and each attaching member having a hook-shapeddown-turned end por tion adapted to project over and partially encirclea portion of a supported article and to engage the front, back and upperand lower edges of said article and to thereby cause each member toseparately cooperate with said article to prevent upward, downward orforward displacement of said article.

2. A display card comprising a back portion of sheet material havingattaching members formed in cooperating pairs therein,

the two members of each pair being widely spaced apart and eachattaching member having a laterally extending portion integral open atone point only, which point is closely adjacent the point of connectionof said member to the back portion of the display (card, and eachattaching member engaging the front, back and upper and lower edges of asupported article and thus preventing upward, downward or forwarddisplacement thereof. 7

In testimony whereof I have hereunto afiixed my signature.

EARL R. PER-SON.

